Potential challenges/new ideas for this blog
Obviously I will run into problems when I go through this school year, so I want to write them down and take ownership of them early. I will first write down potential problems then think of potential ways to think around them.
1. Challenging teachers
2. Getting behind and feeling like I can't catch up.
3. Sudden depression/depression in general
4. Procrastination
5. Not being able to sleep at night/feeling tired.
6. Going home then forgetting about your responsibilities because you make amazing food.
7. Drained from too much online screen time
8. Getting distracted
1. Challenging teachers
I feel like one of my biggest challenges thus far in college is asking for help from professors.
possible solutions:
- In a class that I am struggling in set up a weekly time to go and talk to the teacher, so it is the default not the emergency option.
- The idea of writing who could help me in daily blog is a really good idea, maybe following up with self to see if it worked.
- After each homework session write all of the questions you have for that professor then send them via email.
- Make as many study sessions with friends as possible
2. Getting behind and feeling like I can't catch up.
- Don't get behind.
- The idea from last blog to organize what homework to do first based on importance instead of what is the closest, because I often find myself writing or doing homework the night before when I could have been doing it a week in advance
- Get ahead while I can.
- If I do get behind then schedule friends to help.
3. Sudden depression/depression in general
- Don't get behind
- Break up/get broken up with girls on non-important weekends
- Find new girls quickly, and don't get so mopey
- Schedule as many group sessions of study even if you have to do it video conferencing.
- Find activities to do that are interesting.
- Excersize as much as possible. OOOH you can do homework while walking on a treadmill
- Go to bed at a reasonable time. Go to bed with Ryan (room mate) cause he is smart about it.
- Only watch movies/play video games when there is someone else there playing with me. Or in short intervals while doing homework.
- Read books over the weekend
4. Procrastination
Things that cause me to procrastinate:
- TV/Anime/video-games
- Social events
- Not wanting to do it because it will be hard.
- Store.
- Finding cool stuff online
5. Not being able to sleep at night/feeling tired.
- Only watch movies/play video games when there is someone else there playing with me. Or in short intervals while doing homework.
- Read books over the weekend
- Set homework time to earlier in the day.
- EXERCISE!!!
- Go to bed when room mate goes to bed.
- Turn on setting that eliminates blue light at a certain time of the day.
- Do arm wiggling thing.
- DON'T TAKE LAPTOP TO BED!!!!
6. Going home then forgetting about your responsibilities because you make amazing food.
See distractions
7. Drained from too much online screen time
What I am worried about is burning my eyes out from too many zoom classes/ homework on my computer.
- Do the 20 minutes on 5 minutes off approach.
- Block blue light better
- Do in person meeting when possible
8. Getting distracted
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